A case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.

Leishmaniasis is prevalent in most warm-climate areas of the world. We describe a long-undiagnosed case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Italy that might have been contracted in Costa Rica. The patient's signs and symptoms included granulomatous-like lesions on the forehead and legs, nasal obstruction accompanied by serous and crusted rhinorrhea, and diffuse granulomatous-like lesions in the septum and turbinates.

[Perforations of nasal septum: surgical considerations].

Perforations of the nasal septum vex both patients and physicians. A variety of methods have been devised to close septal perforations although none has gained universal acceptance. The following report presents a new approach for closing septal perforations using a modification of the Fairbanks technique.

Angioneurosis in Menière's disease.

The main aim of this paper was to analyse whether labyrinthic angioneurosis, Menière's disease, can be provoked by immunity reaction at labyrinth level. The Menière's disease immunologic thesis dates back to the 1920's when Duke supposed an allergic origin for Menière's disease. Actually, this allergy could show local autonomic nervous system disturbances.

Modifications of the nasal cycle in patients with hypothalamic disorders: Kallmann's syndrome.

The nasal cycle is a phenomenon characterized by cyclic changes in the airflow resistance of each nasal fossa from congestion or constriction of the nasal erectile tissue. This phenomenon is caused by alterations in the influence exerted by the autonomic nervous system and is believed to be regulated by a hypothalamic center. In order to verify this hypothesis on the hypothalamic regulation of the nasal cycle, the authors studied a group of subjects with Kallmann's syndrome.